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(Image sourced from https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/arrival/ ) Denis Villeneuve’s (director of Prisoners and Sicario ) next film, Arrival, has been shrouded in a fog of secrecy and intrigue. From the tantalising trailers, all you could get the sense of was that this film would be an intriguing and grounded take on Earth’s first contact with the great beyond. And oh boy did this film deliver on that suspicion and so much more. (Video sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooQ3tmUl6-0 )   Without giving too much away, as the trailers hardly gave us anything; Arrival documents the human race’s first contact with extra-terrestrial life through the eyes of linguistic expert Dr. Louise Banks, Amy Adams (the current Louis Lane of the DC Cinematic Universe), and her team of America’s best and brightest as they try and discover just why these aliens have come to our little slice of the universe.    While you may be thinking the trope of first...

(Image sourced from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal_Animals_(film ))   Have you heard of this movie? Because I sure hadn’t. In-fact the only reason I even saw this film was because my friend offered me a free cinema ticket to it. Neither of us had heard or seen even a single frame of it. All we knew was the star studded cast involved with it; like Amy Adams (the current Lois Lane of the DC Cinematic universe), and Jake Gyllenhaal (known for his sinister turn as the lead in 2014’s Nightcrawler ). Terrified the film would be another pretentious indie flick, we sat in the cinema with halted breath as the first 10 minutes of the film all but confirmed our deepest fears. But then, as if turning a page of a book, another layer of the film is revealed, and we halted our breath for a totally different reason, as we found ourselves aboard an unrelenting emotional rollercoaster that didn’t loosen its grip on us for a second. Honestly I would go into the movie completely blin...

(Image souced from http://hdqwalls.com/doctor-strange-wallpapers )   Marvel fans, who’d of ever thought that we would get the Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange on the big screen? Well rejoice because that day has finally come and Marvel’s foremost master of the dark arts has finally been brought to life and joins the many other titans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as director Scott Derrikson, responsible for the horrifying Sinister in 2012, takes us on a reality warping journey through the magical side of Marvel. (Video sourced from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xoxeCWpZyU )   The story of Doctor Strange follows Doctor Stephen Strange, a brilliant but arrogant neurosurgeon. After a terrible car accident his hands are crushed and broken. Desperate to repair them Strange searches down every avenue, until his last hope leads him to Karma- Taj, where he not only learns that impossible magic is real, but how to use it and protect our vulnerable littl...